Science and Civilisation in China. Volume 5: Chemistry and Chemical Technology, Part 3: Spagyrical Discovery and Invention: Historical Survey, from Cinnabar Elixirs to Synthetic Insulin
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| Rating | : | 4.82 (681 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0521210283 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 516 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-11-23 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
The volume as a whole covers the subjects of alchemy, early chemistry, and chemical technology (which includes military invention, especially gunpowder; paper and printing; textiles; mining and metallurgy; the salt industry; and ceramics).. The fifth volume of Dr Needham's immense undertaking, like the fourth, is subdivided into parts for ease of presentation and assimilation, each part bound and published separately
Jean-Philippe Laflamme-Marsan said Five Stars. Perfect.. Mind and Intelligence Donald Macdonald Almost impossible to comprehend the supreme genius and the mind of Joseph Needham. His concepts of biochemistry were far far ahead of his time: cellular organization. integrative levels, and other vast concepts. To learn Chinese in middle age, study it exhaustively and publish the definitive history of Chinese science. Think of it! His biology rules today. His philosophy and mysticism likewise. History is not yet overmaybe, but mind survives. Donald Macdonald. Joseph Needham describes one of history's most amazing tales. He has discovered the amazing evidence of Crito Joseph Needham describes one of history's most amazing tales. He has discovered the amazing evidence of China's inventions often centuries before the West. At the same time he points out differences between Chinese society, governed by an Emperor through the imperial bureaucracy, and the Europe's feudal system.
"An astonishing and enduring studyNeedham brings depth of emotion and technical finesse to his task." Jonathan Spence, New York Review of Books"Perhaps the greatest single act of historical synthesis and intercultural communication ever attempted by one man." Laurence Picken, Cambridge University